June 13, 2008

  • White Throne

    Not quite the white throne some of you would expect me to be discussing.

    My parents remodeled their bathroom and we have a nice new toilet.  My brother's only description of it before we saw it was the inadequate: "It's big."  I expected a huge thing that was so big our knees would hit against the wall when we sat down. 

    It turns out, though, that it's one of those fancy Korean-made toilets that talk to you when you sit on it and have the "flush Mianus with warm water when I'm done" (hahahaha...  yeah, the previous post's joke apparently didn't get old yet.)  and the "I'd like the warm air to dry Mianus please" option. 

    The weird thing is that every time someone plops down on it, there's a sound like a telephone ringing.  I'm not sure why.  If your toilet called you one day, what would it say? 

    Ring ring...
    Hello?
    Yeah, this is your toilet...  you might want to lose some weight...  you're crushing me here... 
    Uh... 

    In other news, I had a teachermare last night.  I'm hoping it's residual from me just ending school, and not a 2-month stint until school starts again.  For those of you unfamiliar with this term, teachermares are nightmares teachers have about the first days of school.  I hope this doesn't continue for all the years I teach.  Does it?  It's not that bad...  my teachermares always end with, "It's alright.  This is handle-able..." 

    Maybe it's just because I miss my students.  I saw a guy today which looked like one of my students and I spent the ride home goofily grinning at the memories it dredged up.

    This summer I am trying to teach myself speed reading (to see if it's worth it, and worth teaching to my students), refine my juggling skills, fill up my new devotional book in record time, and catching up on a lot of reading.  I'm going to see if I can find a decent schedule for me to go for walks and find some time to clear my head....

     

Comments (3)

  • Woo, does the toilet have water-saving features?  You know, one knob for "minor" flushes and another for "major" flushes?  Most houses in Korea are now built with them. 

    I want one of those...  when I have my own house I'll be sure to buy one.  I'm not sure if I want it to call me whenever I sit down...  I would have to sign up for the unlimited plan. 

    Speed reading!  Tell me how it goes!  Curious how it works.

  • @gpspacey -  i'm not sure if it has minor/major flushes.  that would be cool though.  you would be the one to ask me that question though.  every time i sit on that thing, i look around to see if my parents left the phone in the bathroom...  unlimited nights and weekends would be nice too, eh?  =)

    my head hurts from speed reading tonight.  i'm trying to get rid of my 'inner voice' or what they call 'subvocalizing.'  plus, i have to do some minor coursework which REALLY makes my head hurt.  i tell you.  people who make you answer tedious questions should be stripped of their teaching licensures. 

  • i had one of those dreams the other night, and i haven't even had a first real day of teaching yet!

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